Be addicted to mathematics and get poor grades.
Liu Lu, 1989, born in Dalian. My mother is an engineer in an enterprise and my father works in the logistics department of a state-owned enterprise. Because both parents are from science and engineering, under the influence of family atmosphere, Liu Lu is very interested in science and engineering, especially mathematics. Liu Lu said that he was not a genius, but he attached great importance to mathematics.
Liu Lu didn't show much interest in mathematics when he was in primary school. After he entered junior high school, he began to indulge in mathematics learning. While other students are still puzzled by the math problems in junior high school, he has already begun to learn number theory.
Liu Lu studied math problems that were divorced from middle school textbooks, but he was so addicted that he didn't pay attention to his school studies, which led to unsatisfactory results in other subjects. Many subjects showed red lights, and finally even his favorite math was only hovering on the edge of the passing line.
But Liu Lu himself didn't care much about this situation. He thinks that his goal in life is to study mathematics, not to be admitted to a great university and find a decent job. He opposes exam-oriented education.
But people around him naturally don't think so. Liu Lu's head teacher worried about his poor grades and called his parents to urge Liu Lu to study. Liu Lu's mother saw her son shut himself in his room and study hard every day. The light in the room was on until twelve o'clock, but then she found that Liu Lu was studying a math problem that had nothing to do with the course.
This introverted boy, who likes mathematics, finished the Collection of Ancient and Modern Mathematical Thoughts in Grade Three, which is like a gobbledygook for junior high school students, and can be said to be gifted. But his parents and teachers are very worried about his grades, and his class teacher also bluntly said: "This child works hard, but he is not smart enough."
Liu Lu played an extraordinary role in the senior high school entrance examination and was admitted to a local key high school in Dalian. The students in key high schools are all good, but Liu Lu is still at the bottom. He doesn't concentrate on preparing for the exam and doesn't like to hand in his homework, including math homework. In fact, his grades fluctuate obviously because he likes to write a few steps to get the result when solving math problems, and there is no perfect process. His love and research on mathematics gave him a good foundation in mathematics, but it was precisely because of his deviant answers that some of his questions were full marks and some were zero.
Parents are also worried about Liu Lu's future. His head teacher in charge of high school also talked with his parents, thinking that he needed to know the importance of college entrance examination results, but finally decided to respect his choice. There is helplessness in this aspect.
Liu Lu was finally admitted to the Mathematics Department of Central South University with a score of 56 points above the key line, which is already a very good result. However, there are many high school talents in Liu Lu, and many people from Tsinghua and even Oxford and Stanford have been admitted to Peking University. Liu Lu's college entrance examination results are inferior in high school.
Liu Lu bluntly said that all his volunteers from one to three books were majoring in mathematics. Even if he went to a less excellent school, he would study mathematics.
Overcome world-class problems
The relatively relaxed university environment gives Liu Lu more time and energy to study mathematics. His grades in college are not outstanding, and he has no outstanding performance in class, but he likes to soak in the library, often bringing back a bunch of English math books from the library and staying in the dormitory until the early hours of the morning. His classmates asked him questions and found that his thinking was different from others. He would solve it in a simpler and more efficient way.
Besides studying mathematics, Liu Lu is not without other hobbies. He will save money to travel to Tibet, be interested in psychology and read books on psychology. He is also interested in physics, but this interest is not as good as mathematics.
In his sophomore year, Liu Lu began to learn mathematical logic. In the process of learning, he learned "Sitapan conjecture", which is Ramsey's second coloring theorem in reverse mathematics. He found that many mathematicians tried to prove this conjecture, but they couldn't.
In his junior year, Liu Lu suddenly thought that a previous reasoning method could prove this conjecture with a little modification, so he wrote the proof process overnight. After a little sorting, Liu Lu and Liu Jiayi signed the certificate and handed it to Journal of Mathematical Logic, the authoritative magazine of mathematical logic.
The publication of this proof made the name Liu Jiayi famous in mathematics. Dennis Hans Jefferd, a famous mathematician, wrote to him after seeing the proof, praising him for his beautiful proof process. Dennis has been studying Sitapan conjecture for many years, but he was shocked when he learned that Liu Jiayi was just an ordinary college student in China.
Become the youngest professor
At first, when Central South University learned that Liu Jiayi, a talented person who can overcome the world's problems, was out of his school, it quickly searched the student files of the school, but there was no such person. Later, it was discovered that Liu Jiayi was Liu Lu, a junior in the Department of Mathematics. Everyone didn't expect this introverted, outstanding and even a little strange person to be a mathematical genius.
After learning about it, Professor Hou Zhenting, the doctoral supervisor of Central South University, decided to accept Liu Lu as an apprentice, which created a good academic research environment for him and recommended him to participate in various academic seminars.
In 20 1 1 year, Liu Lu gave a 40-minute report at the academic conference of mathematical logic held at the University of Chicago, USA, and expounded his proof process of Sitapan's conjecture, which won a full house applause.
Central South University attached great importance to Liu Lu and gave him one million yuan to improve his academic research and living conditions. In order to let him enter the research work in the field of mathematics more smoothly, Central South University decided to let him graduate early, and immediately admitted him as a master's and doctoral student, or directly studied for a doctoral degree.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ding and three academicians jointly sent a letter to the Ministry of Education, calling for attention to Liu Lu, a rare talent. Subsequently, Liu Lu was admitted to the full professor of Central South University. Liu instantly became the youngest contemporary university professor, keeping pace with such great men as Hu Shi and Liu Bannong who became university professors in their twenties. Liu Lu has also become a news figure in 20 12.
Many people question this practice of Central South University, and think that although Liu Lu has made great achievements, he is just a fledgling college student, and whether he is qualified to be a university professor. Central South University, on the other hand, said that Liu Lu was able to solve world-class problems by himself, indicating that his research ability was very high, which was beyond his age.
The school didn't ask Liu Lu to teach at once, but hoped that he would continue his in-depth research and bring greater results.
Liu Lu is a man who is neither arrogant nor impetuous. Faced with these, he is very indifferent, saying that he still has a lot to learn, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, and he will continue to study.
Liu Lu's achievement lies in his persistent pursuit of interest. Everyone has interests and ideals, but few people can stick to them. But in fact, it is because of love that I persist. As long as I can persist, I will surely see the dawn.